TIRANE, April 20 (ATA) - By P.Shuteriqi: The lecturers of Tirane
University students are offering social and juridical assistance for the
displaced Kosovars accommodated in this city.

The juridical, social and psychological aid for the Kosovars who
perpetuated the war horrors, the Serb violations and repression is being
delivered by more than 35 pedagogues and students of the Justice and Social
Science Faculties, the dean of Justice Faculty, Vasilika Hysi, told ATA on
Tuesday. They go to the refugees' hosting centers to deliver this
aid.

The coordinator of the project in Soros foundation, Ilirjan Meta,
said that the assistance in the juridical field consists in the giving of
advice for the situation and actual status of Kosovars accommodated in
Albania.

Seen from the social and psychologic point of view, the aid this
project is carrying out in cooperation with Soros foundation, consists in
the delivering of advices and distressing of thousands of Kosova refugees.
/dast/A.A/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

TIRANE, April 20 (ata) - By Enkelejda Koraqi: The visiting Norwegian
delegation led by Minister of Justice Einar Dorum had a meeting on Monday
with the Albanian Minister of Justice, Thimio Kondi. Mr Dorum voiced the
readiness to assist Albania materially in coping with the situation created
from the great exodus of the people from Kosove. Dorum expressed the
possibility to take to Norway the Kosovars who have their relatives
there.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Justice told ATA that the purpose
of the visit to Albania of Mr Dorum and the Local Government Minister Odd
Enoksen was to see the possibility to provide assistance for Kosova
refugees in Albania.

Minister Kondi highlighted the efforts of the Albanian judiciaries
which in cooperation with the judges of the Hague tribunal coming to
Albania, are gathering proofs for the massacres and mediaeval barbarisms
made towards the Albanian people of Kosove. /pas/xh/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[04] Population sheltered in Malesi e Gallapit has returned to Prishtine

TIRANE, April 20 (ata) - The news agency Kosovapress reported last
night that the people sheltered in Malesi e Gallapit has returned to
Prishtine following the fighting in the region on Sunday.

The agency said that a long convoy with civil vehicles was going to
Prishtine. "The convoy with cars, tractors, trucks and other vehicles,
about 10 km long, was stopped by Serb police at the entrance of the city
and for over 24 hours has not been allowed to go into Prishtine," said
Kosovapress.

It added that the recent reports from Prishtine prove that a part of
the displaced have entered Prishtine and were housed in their homes or in
relatives, while the rest has been turned from police in the direction of
Podujeve. The people returned to Prishtine were sheltered in Malesi e
Gallapit, the suburbs of Marevc, Mramor of Keqekolles, etc., said the
agency close to the KLA. /p.ta/xh/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

KORÇE, April 20 (ATA) - By B.Fejzullai: The new arrivals in the city
of Korçe on Tuesday were shocked and traumatized of the war horrors.

Out of 124 persons about 55 were children while the rest were
children and elderly people. Many children had lost their parents, while
the grown ups had lost their children and other members of their families.

Alban Sadiku, aged 5, from Mitrovice had lost all his family composed
of five persons, while Dibran Hasani, 38, from Frasheri of Mitrovica knew
nothing about his brother Mirjan, his wife and two daughters.

"I was present the day the Serb forcibly expelled us from our soils
when they killed a man aged 35 years old, and a woman aged 60 in order to
frighten the other inhabitants to leave immediately the village", said
Hasan.

Hashim Sadiku from the village of Zhavare in Mitrovice tells that the
Serb military forces killed in front of all the inhabitants Nexhat Taroku,
aged 55, Adem Bahiri from Zhavara e Eperme said that some four youths from
Drenice had the same chance. They were killed when the Serb forces were
pushing the crowd towards the Albania border. "Not a few persons are hided
in forests where they are threatened to death not only by the bombardments
of Serb forces but also by the bad weather and hunger", said Bahiri.
/pas/A.A/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

DURRES, April 20 (ATA) - By S.Gjordeni: The total number of displaced
Kosovars accommodated in the city of Durres amounts to 52 000. This figure
includes even 5 000 people coming in this city some months ago.

People settled in the city of Kruje are numbered to be 5.000. All the
measures are taken to set up new refugees' hosting centers near the ex-
factory of Rodio-Televisions, and other grounds in the city of Durres.

Durres families have sheltered so far 42 000 people, while the
Kosovars accommodated in Kruje families are about 3 000.

Some 1 800 kosovars are accommodated actually in the Porto Romano
camp which is not completely built. /pas/A.A/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

TIRANE, April 20 (ata) - By E. Nepravishta: Albanian Premier Pandeli
Majko is holding a meeting with representatives of the government coalition
"Alliance for the State."

At the beginning of the meeting PM Majko said that it was a regular
meeting of the parties of the coalition and the main topic of the meeting
was the situation created in Albania following the great influx of the
deported Kosovars.

The closed door meeting will be followed by a briefing for the press.
/s.s./xh/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[08] "Alliance for State" endorses measures taken by Albanian Government

TIRANE, April 20(ATA)-By E. Nepravishta, "Alliance for State"
government coalition has supported the measures taken by the Albanian
government to cope with the situation created at home by the influx of the
Kosova refugees, the representatives of this coalition told reporters after
meeting with Prime Minister Pandeli Majko on Tuesday.

"There is no any spilt in the government coalition. The coalition is
united and will continue to be successful in governing the country," said
Ndre Legisi, Organisational Secretary of the Socialist Party, the largest
of this coalition.

At its meeting with Prime Minister, the coalition has especially
evaluated the stand of the Albanian government regarding transparence over
the humanitarians aid for the Kosova refuges. /lh/lm/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

KOPLIK, April 20 (ATA) - By M. Malja: Other 2 500 Kosova people
mainly from Peja and Gjakova entered Albania on Tuesday via border crossing
of Hani i Hotit some 15 km from the Koplik city.

A spokesman of the local police station said to ATA that this was the
highest figure of new comers in the last days. The new arrivals were
accompanied by police forces in the city of Shkodra and later accommodated
in the receiving center in the tobacco factory.

In the last 14 days some 15 thousand Kosovars entered Albania via
Hani i Hotit border crossing. Some of them were sent to other cities.
/lh/ak/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

Tirana, April 20 (ATA) - By D.Koca - Albanian Custom Offices cashed
in the state budget during the first three months of this year more than 7,
5 billion lek from 9,250 billion lek planned. The deficit marks the value
of 1,7 billion lek.

The incomes fulfilled during this period are in the average levels
but they are lower than the value marked in the same period of the previous
year, where nearly 8,3 billion lek are cashed.

According to the specialists of the Ministry of Finance the situation
created in the country that decrease considerably the custom works and the
approval of the New Custom Code in inappropriate time affects in the
fulfillment of these figures.

The fall of the custom income is predicted even by the Minister of
Finance Anastas Angjeli, who stated "Till the end of the year the customs
will lose 9,2 billion lek due to the very difficult situation in the
country."

The custom income during the first three months of 1999
(in billion lek)

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[11] Xhuveli:World Bank to finance 24 million dollars on watering and
drying project in Albania

Tirana, April 20 (ATA) - By E.Xhajanka - "World Bank will finance 24
million dollars from 15 million dollars planned in the beginning about the
Second Project of the rehabilitation of the watering and drying works in
Albania," started in a press conference the Albanian Minister of Food and
Agriculture Lufter Xhuveli.

In the negotiations hold between the Albanian delegation led by
Xhuveli and the representatives of the Wold Bank in April 8-13 in
Uashington agreed the second project of the rehabilitation to be accomplished
in 20 Albanian districts of the country.

The project includes the rehabilitation of the watering system from
Koplik, West field, Korca till Gjirokastra and Saranda.

The investment of the Albanian Government for this project will be 5,
3 million dollars, while 13 million dollars will be financed by Dutch
donators, Kuwait Fond, etc.

The total sum of the project reached to 42,5-45,5 million dollars.

According to Xhuveli it is agreeing about the beginning of the
investments by a fund of 1 milion dollars for 3-4 watering schemes, before
the final assignment of the agreement.

The second Project will continue 5 years and the credit payment will
be done within 40 years.Its payment will start in 2009 by an interest of 0,
75%.

In the end of the meeting the discussions' protocol is assigned
between the Albanian Government and World Bank./pas/linda/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[12] Appeal of "Koha Ditore" reporters addressed to western intellectuals

TIRANE, April 20 (ATA)-By I. Luto, Reporters of the independent
daily in Kosova "Koha Jone", which was burnt by the Serbs, have recently
addressed an appeal to the intellectuals in the West, with the aim to
sensitise the international opinion on what is happening with the Kosova
people, the Foreign Ministry Press Office told ATA.

This appeal stresses the determination of the Kosova intellectuals to
return to their homeland and continue the war, which serves the construction
of a democratic and civil society, with equal rights for all citizens, also
including the Serb neighbours "those who do not have their hands stained
with blood".

"Although we remain loyal to the Paris Agreement, which we have
signed, the recognition of the current regime in Belgrade as our legitimate
government has become impossible", the appeal says.

The Kosova reporters ask from the international public to be more
sensitive to the Serb genocide exercised on the Kosova people and which
dates back to the last ten years, when the Belgrade regime turned the
Kosova Albanians into second hand citizens.

"We the Kosovars have been stripped of our identity, our homes, names,
our memories and archive, which have been systematically and forcibly
destroyed by Milosevic. The most unbelievable became a reality: Genocide
was carried out in Europe", the appeal says.

"Koha Ditore", the main Kosova daily in Albanian, ceased publishing
on March 23, when its headquarters in Prishtine, was burnt by the Serb
paramilitary forces.

Foreign agencies on Tuesday reported that the paper is likely to be
published for the contingent of the Kosova Albanian refugee camps n
Macedonia, while its reporters are in search of a financial aid. /lh/lm/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

Tirana, April 20 (ATA) - By Manjola Pupa - An additional investment
of nearly 14 million dollars is needed to meet the need of Kosova expelled
for electric power.

"This sum is necessary to increase the readiness level of the power
system, to improve the further power provision of the border region of
northeastern regions of Albania and several other countries where the
Kosova expelled is sheltered," told ATA the General Director of Albanian
Electro-Power Corporate Alfred Paloka.

The total value to be used till now for this aim is 366 000 dollars
and in the future the sum to be spend marks the value of nearly 13 708
dollars, to be used mainly for electric cabins, transformers to be set up
near the camps of the Kosova expelled./lh/linda/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

TIRANE, April 20 (ATA)-By R. Xhuvani, Ministry of Health, which
keeps constant control over the health situation throughout the country,
has adopted measures to meet the demands of the refugees for medicines.

According to the Health Ministry spokesman, Artur Rada, in the
hospital system, the need for medicaments has been met 100%, while in the
system of outpatient clinic there have been difficulties which are being
overcome in the context of aid in medicines.

Kukes presents a situation with more complex problems. For this
purpose the Ministry of Health on Tuesday sent a team of 20 doctors, to be
distributed to six points, to carry out the children's vaccination. These
doctors will also provide the vaccinated with the respective vaccination
form. /lh/lm/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

[15] World Bank to increase to 20 million dollars Agriculture Services
Project in Albania

Tirana, April 20 (ATA) -By E.Xhajanka - The World Bank will increase
the value of the Agriculture Services Project in Albania to 20 million from
15 million dollars, confirmed sources from the Ministry of Food and
Agriculture.

Albanian Delegation headed by the Minister of Agriculture Lufter
Xhuveli met and discussed with the representatives of World Bank about the
possibilities of preparing as soon as possible this project to start a year
before the time planned.

A mission of the World Bank identified, since January 1999, the four
sectors to be financed./lh/linda/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

TIRANA, April 20 (ATA) - By E. Koraqi: A joint coordinating team set
up at the Operation staff continues to plan bilateral activity between
Albania and NATO to meet the goals of the humanitarian operation.

To cope with the huge influx of refugees from Kosova, the transport
means of the Albanian army and those of NATO have accompanied the Kosovars
from the border crossings to Kukes and their distribution to other areas,
press information at the NATO- Albania Coordination Center said to ATA on
Tuesday.

Respective sectors of the army general staff with its officials and
specialists are mobilised to this end. To carry out the humanitarian tasks
an important role is being played by the military police and logistic
department of the army general staff in guaranteeing safe distribution of
Kosova people inland Albania as well as the delivery of aid to refugee
camps.

In cooperation with NATO forces the commander of air forces is
controlling and defending the Albanian air space finding out possibilities
to facilitate air traffic controlling.

To inform the public on the ongoing operation, the army general staff
and the defence ministry, in cooperation with NATO forces, are setting up
two centers for public information, one in Tirana and the other in Kukes
city. /lh/ak/

Agents of criminal police are monitoring the distribution of aid,
sources of the criminal police department at the Ministry of Public order
and department on fight against the economic, financial crime said.

"There have been cases of aid abuse and we think that in such a way
we can avoid theft and abuse to maximum," operation chiefs said.

Days before two drivers, who tried to deviate an aid column bound for
Kosova refugees in Kukes, were arrested by the criminal police agents in
Kruja.

On Sunday a truck carrying humanitarian aid to Kukes was blocked in
Durres because the driver deviated the column and tried to unload it to
another destination. /lh/ak/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

Tirana, April 20 (ATA) - By E.Metaj - The incomes from the custom
duties during March mark the value of 929 million lek. 1,597 billion lek
are provided by Value Added Tax and 165 million lek by excises, inform ATA
sources from the General Custom Directory.

The custom incomes compared with the value marked previous month
increase by 15 % due to the increase of the taxed imports'volume, increase
of the exchange rates and the difference of the average fee levels of the
goods.

While the incomes from excises fall by 18% as a result of the fall of
the fuels imports by 40%. It is increasing the coffee imports nearly six
times and alcoholic drinks by 1,8 times.

The custom incomes are realized by 80% of the monthly plan, the
excise's incomes by 70% and the VAT incomes by 86%. Only by VAT are cashed
nearly 4,360 billion lek, while in the same period of the previous year it
was 4,740 billion lek./linda/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

SHKODER, April 20 (ATA) - By M. Malja: Albanian deputy prime minister
Ilir Meta held talks on Tuesday with officials of the local government in
Shkodra to ask for a fair distribution of humanitarian aid for the Kosova
people.

Meta said that the humanitarian aid provided by all non governmental
associations operating in the district should be fairly distributed.

He told the local bodies to coordinate the work with non government
organisations (NGO) because the latter were financed by international
organisations. If some of those NGOs do not coordinate work with local
bodies for a fair aid distribution the local bodies should propose these
organisations be declared undesirable, Meta said.

He added that Shkodra being a border city would be government's
priority in such a situation.

Prefect of Shkodra, Puka and Malesia e Madhe, Jetmir Shpuza briefed
on the present situation in the district where the number of refugees from
Kosova was estimated at 20 thousand people. He urged construction of new
refugee camps like those set up by the Austrian government and a delivery
of 10 thousand mattresses and a quantity of blankets mainly by the U.N.
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the Kosova people, who had been
settled in with Shkodra families.

Later Meta visited the camp being set up in the Shtoj village about
two kms from the city and some reception centers. /lh/ak/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

VLORE, April 20 (ATA)-Several appointments were communicated at the
Police Department of the Vlore prefecture in the presence of Public Order
Minister Petro Koci on Tuesday.

According to the spokesman of the Vlore Police Department, the former
chief of the Vlore city police, Demir Demiri, has been appointed vice-
director and chief of the criminal police of this department.

Arben Zylyftari, who comes from Berat district, has been appointed
chief of the Vlore police commissariat. Edmond Kule, former chief of the
Sarande police commissariat, has been appointed chief of the anti-terror
section at the Vlore Police Department.

Public Order Minister Koci said that the appointments served the
strengthening of police performance in this prefecture. /a.ke/lm/

Albanian Telegraphic Agency

Durres, April (ATA) - By Gezim Kabashi - Maritime port of Durresi is
facing these days the considerable increase of the number of the ships and
the civil and military ferries to ship humanitarian aid in materials, food,
and foreign soldiers and volunteers as well, in the frame work of the
international humanitarian operations for the Kosova arrivals in Albania
due to the Serbs violence.

According to the chief engineer Kujtim Kumbaro entrance No.5 is put
completely in disposal of military ferries, which together with the lines
ones made 4-10 travels each day.

It is increasing the level of elaboration of the ships to transport
the goods, a part of which brought humanitarian aid in food to stand up the
emergence situation.

Seven is the number of the transport means with 7.600 ton various
goods come only in Tuesday. Nearly 14 other ships with 17,700 ton goods are
in the queue and most of them are loaded with food and fuels./lh/linda/